guilty B1 Topic:Crime & Justice US /ˈɡɪl.ti/ See IPA manual Freq #1197 Meanings 1 adj Having done something wrong or broken the law. The court found him guilty of theft. 2 adj Feeling ashamed because you have done something wrong. I felt guilty about lying to my parents. 3 adj Showing that you feel ashamed or have done wrong. He gave me a guilty look when I caught him. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · having done something wrong... culpable 3 adj · showing that you feel... hangdog More blameworthycensurablenocentreprehensibleshildy ↔ Opposites innocentpraiseworthy Word family Forms guiltierguiltiest Derived forms beguiltybloodguiltyguiltilyguiltinessguiltylikeinguiltynonguiltyunguilty Related forms peccableunguilty Common collocations guilty conscience Adjective + noun not guilty Adverb + adjective Etymology AI details From Middle English gilty, gulty, from Old English gyltiġ (“offending, guilty”); equivalent to guilt + -y. gilty Middle English gyltiġ Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Crime & Justice External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # guilty **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɡɪl.ti/ **Frequency rank:** 1197 ## Meanings 1. Having done something wrong or broken the law. 2. Feeling ashamed because you have done something wrong. 3. Showing that you feel ashamed or have done wrong. ## Examples - The court found him guilty of theft. - I felt guilty about lying to my parents. - He gave me a guilty look when I caught him. ## Synonyms - blameworthy - censurable - culpable - nocent - reprehensible - shildy ## Antonyms - innocent - praiseworthy ## Derived Forms - beguilty - bloodguilty - guiltily - guiltiness - guiltylike - inguilty - nonguilty - unguilty ## Related Forms - peccable - unguilty ## Roots and Affixes - Root: gilty - Root: gyltiġ ## Etymology From Middle English gilty, gulty, from Old English gyltiġ (“offending, guilty”); equivalent to guilt + -y. ## AI Etymology Guilty comes from Middle English gilty, gulty, from Old English gyltiġ (“offending, guilty”); equivalent to guilt + -y. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “Having done something wrong or broken the law” and “Feeling ashamed because you have done something wrong”. ## Topics - Crime & Justice markdown